Men's Volleyball FIVB World Championship 2018

[Dunadan 1,103]

The draw is tomorrow. Apparently two teams will be placed in each group using a serpentine system based on the world ranking, with Italy in Pool A and Bulgaria in Pool D. So we should have:

 

POOL A (in Italy): Italy, Argentina

POOL B (in Bulgaria): Brazil, Canada

POOL C (in Italy): USA, Russia

POOL D (in Bulgaria): Bulgaria, Poland

 

and then a draw with

POT 3: Iran, France, Serbia, Japan

POT 4: Egypt, Belgium, Cuba, Australia

POT 5: Finland, China, Slovenia, Tunisia

POT 6: Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Cameroon, Dominican Republic

 

And this is the formula

 

Edited November 29, 2017 by Dunadan

[LDOG 2,418]

This system is so bad i don't know where to begin... The main flaw however is that it makes tomorrow's draw absolutely decisive for any team with pretentions to make the third round.

[hoversaBR 442]

So the world champion will play 13 games in 20 days? I do not know if the FIVB believes that athletes are human. Anyway, I hope we face a difficult group this time.

[LDOG 2,418]

hace 6 minutos, hoversaBR said:

So the world champion will play 13 games in 20 days? I do not know if the FIVB believes that athletes are human. Anyway, I hope we face a difficult group this time.

Actually it's 12 games, one less than 2014.

[hoversaBR 442]

Final Draw

 

Group A:

•  Argentina
•  Belgium
•  Dominican Republic
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  Slovenia

 

Group B:

•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  China
•  Egypt
•  France
•  Netherlands

 

Group C:

•  Australia
•  Cameroon
•  Russia
•  Serbia
•  Tunisia
•  United States

 

Group D:

•  Bulgaria
•  Cuba
•  Finland
•  Iran
•  Poland
•  Puerto Rico

[VolleyRuller96 264]

Just now, hoversaBR said:

Final Draw

 

Group A:

•  Argentina
•  Belgium
•  Dominican Republic
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  Slovenia

 

Group B:

•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  China
•  Egypt
•  France
•  Netherlands

 

Group C:

•  Australia
•  Cameroon
•  Russia
•  Serbia
•  Tunisia
•  United States

 

Group D:

•  Bulgaria
•  Cuba
•  Finland
•  Iran
•  Poland
•  Puerto Rico

Well... we should finish at least  third in our group, but then... 

[dareza 911]

well really good draw

[hoversaBR 442]

Group D is the most balanced ... Brazil vs France in the first round. 

[Dunadan 1,103]

I don't know how they will decide the 2nd round pools...probably 2 teams from pool A vs 2 teams from pool C in Italy and 2 teams from pool B vs 2 teams from pool D in Bulgaria, but which ones?

[LDOG 2,418]

What a nasty group. All tricky teams in it.